Reply to Class fund non-participants: where do you think the party food comes from??

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Class fund non-participants: where do you think the party food comes from??"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I do pony up. Our teacher asks for something and I see 3-4 parents bringing it in the day the email went out, for example she asked for paper towels and by that afternoon had 4 full packs of paper towels. Our party sign up genuises fill up in about 30 minutes. We have extra parent volunteers. Maybe my sons cohort has really involved parents but I have not seen the teachers not be supported by the parents.

And I would love to volunteer but I cannot miss work often enough to be the room parent. So I make my best effort to send in what is needed. Then again, they are not asking for pizza and elaborate cakes and the like. The kids enjoy the parties, the love the break and the snacks. The parties don’t break the bank. It is a good balance.

But to hear that there are public schools were there are room parents sending out lists of who has abd has not contributed and planning far more elaborate parties is a bit, well, weird. I would expect that behavior at more exclusive private schools.

And it does suck that parents don’t send in notebooks and supplies when asked. Teachers work really hard and the school system does not provide the resources that the teachers need. That is why I do help when I am asked.

Maybe the OP needs to realize that there is a balance. She sounded like one of the pintrest/Martha Stewart types were everything needs to be bigger, better and more fun. Which is great, if you have the money and ability to do it, but really painful if you lack the money or the ability. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics